An example needs correction

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An example needs correction

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Hi guys
Recently i encountered a task 2 writing task as follows -
"More and more qualified people are moving from poor to rich countries to fill vacancies in specialist areas like engineering, computing and medicine.Some people believe that by encouraging the movement of such people, rich countries are stealing from poor countries. Others feel that this is only part of the natural movement of workers around the world.
Do you agree or disagree? "


Before my own version, the answer i got from web is as follows-

The so-called ‘brain drain’ from poor to rich countries is now robbing poorer countries of essential personnel like doctors, nurses, engineers, and the trend is set to continue, if not to get worse.

Some people say this movement of people around the world is not a new phenomenon. Migrant workers have always been attracted by the wider choice of employment and greater opportunity in major cities in their own countries and abroad. Recently, as the technological age has advanced and as richer countries find themselves with not enough workers to feed their development, they have had to run to other parts of the world to find the necessary manpower. Many richer European countries, for example, are now trying to attract skilled IT workers from my home country India by offering higher salaries than they could hope to earn at home. With the globalisation of the world economy, many people feel that the process cannot be stopped.

Others, myself included, are of the opinion that measures should be taken to address the problem, by compensating poorer countries financially for the loss of investment in the people they have trained, like doctors and nurses. Admittedly, this may be cumbersome to administer, but an attempt could be made to get it off the ground. Another step, which in part has already begun to happen, is to use the forces of globalization itself. Western countries could encourage people to stay in their own countries by direct investment in projects like computer factories or by sending patients abroad for treatment, as is already happening.

It is obviously difficult to restrict the movement of people around the world and it is probably foolish to try to stop it, but attempts should be made to redress the imbalance.


I don't get whether it wrote details about agreement or disagreement specifically, but in my own version my second paragraph was reflecting disagreement following way -
"First of all, encouraging talented people to move in rich countries is not said to be stealing but it will enhance their expertise so that when they intend to return to their mother land, they can implement those experience to provide support services to native people...."

so am i going right way to write the response ? what do you say?
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Re: An example needs correction

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Hi myplace,

Thank you for sharing. Where did you get this sample essay?
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Hi i just got it randomly from google,and forgot what the link was but i might try to find later.
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